Hasp lock keeper



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R. s. WAGNER ET AL 2,402,309

HASP LOCK KEEPER original Filed April 19, 1945 IN VEN TORS Patented June18, 1946 Robert. S; Wagner, Milwaukee and:A Berthold. B.

Thiele;,Ripon;.Wis.,.assignors to E.' R. Wagner: Manufacturing'.Company,. Milwaukee; Wis.; a corporation of`Wisconsin Originalapplication: April 19, 1943; Serial: No.

483,546. Divided: and this 4application Septemherfl, .1944Seria'lrNm553,060

This invention relates to a hasp lock ofthe type y employing a,hasp-carried latching bolt. which may be locked.: Such. hasp lockfisusually employed. o'n-suit'cases, trunks, traveling: bags, or. the like,but; ofcourse, may beemployed for securing together any two.contiguously, disposed parts.

This applicationis a division fromour application Serial'Numer483,546g41ed`A'pIi1A19, 1943;

for r'Ifl'asp lock, now Patent No. 2,382,756; dated August141945l Theobject'of'tlie invention is to provide ahasp lock which is extremelysimple in construction in that it is constituted of very few parts andwherein the elements oiithe lock are closely and :ompactly organized4 insuch way as to provide for smooth and eiective action. The'lock is conestituted, vexceptior springs, entirely of 'sheet metal stampings held'assembled` by appropriate holding or guide lugs' so that no riveting orweldingis necessary to maintain the major elements' assemlolediin`proper cooperative relation.

Another feature' of the lock resides in the, specialmanner in which thehaspfandkeeper are' constituted and cooperativelyl interrelated; thestructure beingfsuch that the two lugs which guide thel latching bolt,and retainit assembled; with; the hasp body-plate; positively thoughreleasably,

interlock with a. locking shoulder on' tlo'ekeeper`` plate (in thelockedp'osition off-thepartsltotake the stress of" holdingthecontiguously disposed ciated against movement' away from' each other,the latchingb'olt serving onlyto exert'itsiatching or locking function.

Other objects and advantagesv reside in certain .V Claims: Y (Cl.292-340) Referring to the; drawing, and more' particularly toFigjs. land2,' P and` P designate two contiguously.- related parts; forexamplc; thesec,- tions ofa suitcase .or vthe bod'yfan'dilidof any othersimilar'recepta'cle; The hasp which is applied to' the part'P isdesignated'generallyatl H' and is pivotally orzhingedly'interconnectedwith the part P' byfconnecting'means designatedas a whole at' C.The'hasp H'v cooperates' with a keeper designated .generally at K, whichis applied and secured to the.. part?.

The l'iasp Hf comprises a body plate I constituted ofa sheetA metalstamping-which is provided witha. marginal flange 2 to encase and guidea latching looltY and a lock` (not herein described). Theenlargediend ofthe body'platei is provided wth a curledzor-"rolledfextension providinga hinge barrel 3. centrally and symmetrically disposed withrespectitoth'e enlarged endof the bodyplate. Thehinge barrel3fis"ttedfbetween correspondingly formedy although shorter hinge barrelsintegrally f orrnedwitli an attaching' platel 6. The attaching plate'v61 is disposed against the outer surface of the part'P" and vithasattachingprongs 'lintegral Witlii-ts rea-r edge on thev opposite sidesoia tailpiece or'extension E also integralwith novel features oftheconstruction, arrangement,

andV combination of: parts which' will be herein'- after more fullydescribed and particularly point'- ed out in the appended claims`reference,being had' to theaccompanying'drawing forming'a part' offthisspecication, andin which:

Fig. 1 is'a view intopplan'showing a hasp lock' embodying'the presentinvention;

Fig. 2' is anenlarged view incross'sectifm'talren on line' II-II of Fig.1 and'illustrating` the liaspA latched to the keeper;

` Fig.' 3' is an enlarged sectional-view on theA line III- III of'l'ig;4 of the keeper alone, prior' to att'achn'ientv thereof: to* the'surface of a suitcase part;

Fig. 4 is a frontview'oi thekeeper;

Fig; 5 is a rear view of the keeper; and

Fig; 6 is a sectional view similar to Fig.' 3 lbut showingthekei'eperofA the present invention recessed into the wallofaAsuitcase-parta partsA with which' the hasp and` keeper'areas'soattachingPlate 5 ISO the IJM'P the attaching plate andgiving'it a broaderlbearing on the partiP; v`The attaching prongs 1 are driventhrough'thepartvPand staked over as at 1' V(seeF'ig..2) to securely andA rigidlyfasten the ,Y A hinge pin 8 isl fitted in the alined' hinge barrels topivotally interconnect-the body'plat'e I ofthe hasp to the attachingplate E. A' casing 9V is' provided for the attaching plate hingebarrels, they hinge pin 8, land the attaching plate 6; The casing 9 isfastened to the'attaching'plate by means of securing tabs or lugs IU,which are clinched or bent around the endsA of'tlie attachingplate andunder and: around theitailpiece 6'; as-shown in Fig. 2.

The liasp H is biased to swing into open position by meansof'as-pring'designated generallyat II, the spring I I'liavingcoi-lsl'wrapped around the hinge pin and having'the terminals I 3 and I4projecting from the coils and engaging the attacliing'plate Gand thebody plate I of the hasp H; respectively.

A latching bolt, designated generally atY I5, is slida'bly tted" intlieanged body plate I of the hasp'- H. This' latching bolt is alsoconstituted ofafsheet'A metal stamping'and inV general conforms inoutline to the outline'of "the -body plate I` of 1the hasp', although',of course, it is appropriately smallersothat' itA maybe slidablyinteritted therewith,- as illustrated' in Fig; 2.

5. A keeper comprising a housing having a front wall incised and pressedinwardly to form a oor, the oor being substantially rectangular in shapeand remaining attached to the front wall by spaced portions along one ofthe sides thereof, the front Wall portion between the attached

